On May 1st the "Caribbean News Now!" stated that their has been a recent spike in Chikungunya, a mosquito borne illness, cases. Dr James Hospedales said "that the chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions." The first reportd case of Chikungunya in St. Lucia was in April of 2014. Since then the number of cases have only been drastically rising.

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ClimateTropical, humid climate with north east trade winds year round.